Jay Shetty

Love is in the small things.

Think of varna (also a word with complex meanings) as passion and skills. Seva is understanding the world’s needs and selflessly serving others. When your natural talents and passions (your
varna)

It taps into my understanding that who you are is not what you say, but how you behave

I’m pleased with how it’s gone. I enjoyed sharing the ideas as much as I enjoyed researching them.

e come to realize that we don’t have to do everything, that we can’t do everything, that what I can’t do is someone else’s gift and responsibility.…

Here are two important caveats: First, following your dharma doesn’t mean you get a free pass. When it comes to skills, you should lean into your strengths. But if your weaknesses are emotional qualities like empathy, compassion, kindness, and generosity, you should never stop developing them. There’s no point in being a tech wizard if you’re not compassionate. You don’t get to be a jerk just because you’re skilled.

because once that skill connected to my dharma, I ran with it.

Second, a bad grade in school doesn’t mean you get to ditch the subject altogether. We have to be careful not to confuse inexperience with weakness. Some of us live outside our dharma because we haven’t figured out what it is.

But if you love it, you do it.

just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean nobody likes it